After 90 minutes of Qaddafi, Fox says “the top news” was “that he kept on calling Barack Obama ‘our son’”

Posted Sep 23, 2009, 10:23 AM PT by Jed Lewison • First broadcast: Sep 23, 2009

Fox — which refuses to broadcast speeches by President Obama — put Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi on air for 90 minutes Wednesday. When they finally cut Qaddafi short, ‘reporter’ Eric Shawn immediately said "the top news" of Qaddafi’s speech was that "he kept on calling Barack Obama ‘our son’…because of the President’s African heritage."

Transcript:

FOX ANCHOR JON SCOTT: Wearing his regal robes, Muammar Qaddafi gets ready to speak to the United Nations General Assembly. I’m Jon Scott along with Jane Skinner.

[ fast-forward through 90 minutes of Qaddafi rambling ]

FOX REPORTER ERIC SHAWN: Let me start with what is probably one of the top issues that he raised, the top news, in the sense that he kept on calling Barack Obama "our son." Muammar Qaddafi referred to him as "our son." He called the President of the United States "my son." He says this because of the President’s African heritage.